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 3. The Throne of Grace — not the Confessional, October 16, 1846. First edition, 1846; second edition, 1867.

4. “Was Paul crucified for you?” [A Sermon proving that our Lord Jesus Christ did not die in order to finish a career of martyrdom exemplarily.] Preached December 6, 1863. First and second edition, 1863; third edition (published after his accession to his bishopric), 1864.

5. The Unknown Sufferings of Christ, a Sermon preached at St. George’s, Leicester, on Sunday, October 9, 1864. By Francis, Lord Bishop of Peterborough.

His sermons being not as widely known as those of more prominent authors, I extract three specimen paragraphs.

In the sermon named first, there is this able and instructive statement:—

The second extract sounds as if a stalwart old Huguenot was speaking to us from the grave. It is from the Sermon on the Throne of Grace:—

The last and most eloquent extract, although taken from his sermon preached in 1863, may be accepted as his final and dying testimony:—

